Elton John - Harmony 1980 Central Park

Elton singing Harmony from the desperately-in-need-of-a-dvd-release 1980 Central Park concert.

[@astrosjer822]

Even Gus Dudgeon said “Harmony” should have been a single. Amazing song!

[@teresadalessio1]

One of my favorite songs ever, on one of the greatest albums of all time

[@paulagould465]

How does it help bringing up the past of someone who has changed his life? It took guts and determination to go through what Sir Elton did and come out the other side. People can and do change Sir Elton is living proof of that😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@lcbflorida]

I was at this concert and it was AMAZING! He's my all-time favorite. All his concerts are fabulous --- what a talent.

[@Bentom86]

In regard to all of the repetitive posts about Elton's coke habit, it's not breaking news & he has owned up to it for a long time now. It's just too bad that he went down that road, but drugs aside, I don't think there are many people on this planet whose voice can withstand 40-plus years of performing great songs like this all over the world for 300 nights a year. Thankfully, his talents outlasted his drug habit.

[@highlightning6693]

+Bentom86 Well good grief, Sir Elton certainly hasn't been the only musician to ever do coke, or a myriad of other drugs, to understate things profoundly. LOL How can folks take exception to him for it?

[@edwardstevens1438]

who cares what he does in his personal life. everyone is on something

[@healthmiracles6379]

@@edwardstevens1438 yes perhaps, although some addictions are more life affirming than others

[@tiffanykahn2535]

At least he is still standing today unlike Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. He got his act together and got sober. Michael and Whit should have done it for themselves and for their kids.

[@Bentom86]

@@tiffanykahn2535 The tragic list is a lot longer than only Michael & Whitney. Hendrix, Janis, Amy Winehouse…and of course, Elvis. Elton could’ve easily been in their group. But everyone is built differently & substance abuse evolves from a bad choice to a disease. Family isn’t enough sometimes to overcome the illness.

[@johnscialfa7391]

one of the greatest days of my life being there.

[@harmonyharris512]

Love this song!!

[@valuecalc]

Is Harmony your real first name?

[@harmonyharris512]

Yes

[@valuecalc]

Harmony Harris, it's a lovely first name!

[@livispuzzled]

It’d be a little bit funny if you had a spouse named Daniel

[@kevinmcrae3354]

Harmony Harris What’s not to Love !

[@markiosty8748]

Growing up in the 60's and 70'sI have a great appreciation for the music that was evolving at that time .....It was a great time to be in a band and experimenting with drugs was as popular as playing the music ! Unfortunately addiction was the pay off...... but if you were lucky and had the strength you could recover yourself but people who comment just feel the need to bring up personal crap instead of celebrating their great music.......he has moved on why can't you ?

[@sptinydancer]

What a performance of a beautiful, classic song.

[@flynntaylor5459]

My first kiss- oh the nostalgia!!!

[@tearbag]

My favorite Elton John song!

[@Deadprez41]

When artist had real talent! So miss the music of 70s and eary 80s!

[@YGardenRose]

What a beautiful song

[@jscottrockford]

Not one of his huge hits, but one of my favorites of Sir Elton

[@smartass2st]

Kurt Cobain made me wanna grab a guitar.... But Elton John made me want to sit behind a piano.

[@laertericardo5438]

This Elton is very inspiring indeed!

[@satyabratamishra4670]

@@laertericardo5438 modern elton inspires too.

[@PianoShapedObject]

I don't know why but everytime I've searched for this on youtube it never shows up and I know I've looked since July. I was starting to wonder if I had some magical bootleg with one more song on it than everyone else's! LOL

[@c-iblueliners6166]

This is amazing

[@dana_brooke_27]

My sister and her husband named their boat after this song.. It's perfect I think.

[@katherinesage]

I was there front row center not far from that camera man. Summer of 1980 NYC

[@Masons4Liberty]

Elton hated himself in these days, and he's said in multiple interviews that, looking back, he hates the way he played in those days( he even referred to himself as basically a coked out zombie playing like a robot) Sad, because he still sounded amazing, I personally would LOVE to see a DVD of this, as well as a remastered DVD of Wembley 84. I used to have an old VHS copy of the Wembley 84 show, I wish to god I still had it.

[@melidyfair]

I had this on repeat for hours. ❤️

[@zmznzbzvzmznzb]

I love the way Nigel questioned "Slow".

[@ShirleyRodrigues]

Ele sempre com a voz linda e eu aqui em 2020 ouvindo esse rei.

[@JoeD60]

The 1st ever to rise to the caliber of all the rest of the amazing hits that he wrote.

[@SegundaGuerraMundialES]

Wembley Breaking Hearts Tour Show, Central Park Show & 82' Hammersmith Odeon Christmas Special should be available in DVD! Dreaming is free, anyway :D

[@PorcelainLeigh]

Good God, I will always love, adore, Elton John. And always wish to be Nigel Olsen's girl, hehe.

[@EltonsGirl]

I totally agree!

[@h92o]

We can teach the world to sing in harmony almost...

[@graciehernandez1364]

My all time favorites.

[@helinhomercearia6711]

Minha favorita,,,,,

[@AlatielInWonderland]

@RReneeElizabeth Me too! I love Harmony!!!

[@ramon1802]

How do all the people who flatly state Elton was coked up know that from watching a video from almost 30 years ago? And if he was. So fucking what?

[@ConservativeAnthem]

ramon _ Coke supposedly destroyed his high range on singing.

[@satyabratamishra4670]

@@ConservativeAnthem it was weed which destroyed his voice

[@ConservativeAnthem]

@@satyabratamishra4670 You realize he had vocal polyp surgery, correct?

[@bruceski2133]

@@ConservativeAnthem listen to the circa 1990 interview with David frost Elton says he went to the voice doctor and said “ good morning” the dr said “ u smoke marijuana,it’s not good for your voice” he got all that from good morning

[@zmznzbzvzmznzb]

Nigel. I would not have guessed that. But quite nice.

[@LesSmith45]

@jscottrockford I remember this being a huge hit in 74 i think maybe 75. I know in 75 in 8th grade this was the theme for the tolo. Thats for sure because all my dumb ass buddies got all together and voted my lame ass king and my date queen. They all laughed at me but i had the last laugh because my date was one of the best looking girls in the school. HA

[@theOriginalTimG]

It was the b-side of the goodbye yellow brick road 45...

[@daryjohnson643]

this in MONO? wtf?

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

dary johnson it was 1980...

[@Facts_dont_hurt]

Dee Murray? Check. Nigel Olsson? Check. That's all that is required. This is the first footage of them playing back with Elton John after he sacked them in 1975, in what has to be one of the worst decisions ever made in music.

[@slickmic6113]

Jacob Reeves I was just wondering if you knew why he got rid of them 2 the first time around Nigel Olsson and Dee Murray

[@Facts_dont_hurt]

Slick Mic sorry for the delay. Only a year!! Because he wanted a different sound and he had the view that Dee and Nigel had passed their used by date with him.

[@bruceski2133]

Everyone thinks that, but I disagree. They made undeniably great albums up to 1975…and while his creativity went in a different direction, westies and blue moves were also in the great category…bringing back Roger pope, who was so much apart of early Elton sound….all his bands have been good, but most of his other bands I think were better live, I’ve seen them all. The 75-76 band, the 85-87 band ,88-89 band, the 90s with Jorgensen and Charlie Morgan…all of these bands were great. Many of those live performances from 70-74 weren’t as tight and sometimes sloppy. I disagree that it was a bad decision. He did HanDle it in a poor way. Show business is a tough business. I know I’d be hurt too if I were dee and Nigel, but a guy has a right to change things up…and most of that was pretty good too

[@davidholmes8315]

Would have been so much better with Davey and Dee.

[@JohnSGibb]

Dee was there. But agreed on Davey.

[@Facts_dont_hurt]

This was the first tour that Dee and Nigel came back for.

[@xvoy2002]

I love this,, but the whole thing with modern musicians and the mic is so stupid. It's like ,, lets wrap my lips around this thing or i really don't know what else to do.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Sounds like your excited by it.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Stupid comment

[@BritishArrow]

Eton John can sing, he's just coked out his face in this.

[@ureatowel15]

lolwut?

[@BritishArrow]

Oh my he even sings this better NOW. This is not very good.

[@thebigorangecouch6261]

What a sloppy version.